Clothing storage ideas

blossom
Thu, 23 Apr 2026 16:24:03 +0000

You don’t need custom and you don’t need built-in’s. Look at the websites of The Container Store (their stuff is pricey but they’ve got some great ideas for using wasted space), Costco, Wayfair. My biggest hack in our current house is plain white wire shelves (those cheapy things from Home Depot) that go all the way up to the ceiling in every closet and around the perimeter of the garage (husband insisted on a higher quality gauge for the garage, but still Home Depot). Once you realize how much “once a year” or seasonal stuff you own- which can go in a bin or wicker box or a sturdy storage container with a lid on the tippy top shelf- you’ll never want to go back to having everything in drawers or at eye level.

My current rule for the hanging space in the bedroom is “four week timeframe”. If I don’t need something or will wear it in the next four weeks, it doesn’t go in my closet. It can “live” in a bin if it doesn’t wrinkle, or in a garment bag in another bedroom if it’s something fancy or wrinkly.

And I splurged on those underbed plastic containers on wheels which now contain what used to live in a “gift closet” which also had wrapping paper and assorted junk which didn’t live anywhere else. Unlike a closet, once you pull them out and take off the lid you can see everything all at once. One of them contains out of season shoes and boots (clean everything first and make sure they’re dry, stuff the boots with newspaper).

I’m not disciplined enough to hang pajamas… but saving the limited drawer space for things you need right now, and having high up or underbed storage for everything else was really a time and space saver for me…. I’m not pawing through a drawer in a dresser with tights and fuzzy tops when it’s 75 degrees outside!